Jane's E-Learning Pick of the day

Suzanne Evans told me about this American history/food history blog that she bagan last year while writing a book about the presidents' favorite foods.

As an academic historian, the goal of her blog is to help parents and kids learn how to cook together, learn about history together, and hopefully help them create many great memories and meals together.

But this blog would be enjoyable for anyone - and elegantly presented too

The History Chef:

Suzanne Evans told me about this American history/food history blog that she bagan last year while writing a book about the presidents' favorite foods. As an academic historian, the goal of her blog is to help parents and kids learn how to cook together, learn about history together, and hopefully help them create many great memories and meals together. But this blog would be enjoyable for anyone - and elegantly presented too The History Chef: Jane Hart

I am frequently asked for a link to an introductory guide to social media and its use for leaning and performance improvement, so here is my guide. The contents list is shown in the screenshot below.  This is a social resource as it also provides the opportunity for you to provide your own experiences of using social tools for learning.  You can access the contents page here.

I am frequently asked for a link to an introductory guide to social media and its use for leaning and performance improvement, so here is my guide. The contents list is shown in the screenshot below. This is a social resource as it also provides the opportunity for you to provide your own experiences of using social tools for learning. You can access the contents page here. Jane Hart

This  posting on my Social Media for Learning & Working blog looks at the increasing need for L&D departments to move beyond training and support all forms of "learning" as well as performance enhancement throughout the organisation.  Workplace Learning: Beyond Training.

This posting on my Social Media for Learning & Working blog looks at the increasing need for L&D departments to move beyond training and support all forms of "learning" as well as performance enhancement throughout the organisation. Workplace Learning: Beyond Training. Jane Hart

LimeSurvey is an open source survey application - and this year appearing on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list.

LimeSurvey allows users to quickly create intuitive, powerful, online question-and-answer surveys that can work for tens to thousands of participants without much effort.

The LiveSurvey Manual is focused on " how to install the application, administer the installation, and support the many survey creators, administrators and report generation users likely added"

However, a recent posting on MakeUseOf provides a very useful description of  how to create yourown hosted survey with LimeSurvey.

You can download LimeSurvey at www.limesurvey.org.

For other survey tools, take a look at my list in the Learning Tools Directory- Poll/survey tools are those with a checkmark in the P column

LimeSurvey is an open source survey application - and this year appearing on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list. LimeSurvey allows users to quickly create intuitive, powerful, online question-and-answer surveys that can work for tens to thousands of participants without much effort. The LiveSurvey Manual is focused on " how to install the application, administer the installation, and support the many survey creators, administrators and report generation users likely added" However, a recent posting on MakeUseOf provides... Jane Hart

My daughter got married on Saturday, so I just wanted to share this lovely photo with you, taken by my sister. Congratulations,  Jo and Matt!

My daughter got married on Saturday, so I just wanted to share this lovely photo with you, taken by my sister. Congratulations, Jo and Matt! Jane Hart

Aviary is a suite of online media creation tools - and currently at 85th place on the emerging Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010.

The Aviary Education beta site has just been announced, which offers "a safe, private environment to use Aviary tools with students".

If you would like a beta account, then use the code JaneKnight01 with your request, and you will go to the top of the priority list for accounts.

You can read more about the site at Techcrunch and/or go straight to Aviary Education beta site here

Here's a 2 minute introduction to Google video chat from Google.

There's also a printable reference guide

(via Gmail blog)

Here's a 2 minute introduction to Google video chat from Google. There's also a printable reference guide (via Gmail blog) Jane Hart

Here is a roundup of the articles and tools added to the main Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) site in June

Articles/postings added to the Reading lists

I added a number of articles and resources to my selected reading in June.  If you haven't got time to make your way through the whole list of articles, here are what I think are the 3 must-reads.

• 6 social media myths you should get over right now, Business Insider, June 2010
  
• Real learning - let's not confuse it with completing templated exercises, Charles Jennings, 19 June 2010
• 10 ways the iPad will forever change education, OnlineColleges.Net, 21 June 2010

Tools added to the Directory of Learning Tools

Here are three tools (from the Instructinal tools section) added to the Directory last month:

• SCORM Player - to test SCORM packages, let learners take a course, integrate with any web service
• Moodle XML Converter - A free online service which allows educators  create quizzes and glossaries for Moodle fast
• Instructure Canvas
  Open, collaborative learning environment that focuses on usability and encourages communication

Latest tools listed in the Directory appears here.

Latest presentations

If you are looking for some cool tools for social learning try this presentation:

• Some cool tools for a hot topic: social learning, online presentation to Making e-technology work for you conference, 16 June 2010

The tools have been taken from the emerging list of Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010.  AS of 1 July there have been 236 contirbutions to help build the list.  Please share your Top 10 tools for learning here  

Here is a roundup of the articles and tools added to the main Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) site in June Articles/postings added to the Reading lists I added a number of articles and resources to my selected reading in June. If you haven't got time to make your way through the whole list of articles, here are what I think are the 3 must-reads. 6 social media myths you should get over right now, Business Insider, June... Jane Hart

Just came across this (via the Next Web)

"eType is your online multi-language dictionary with translations and word substitutes to virtually any language in the world. eType is your writing guide that auto-completes your words as you type them, enabling you to type faster and boost your level of confidence in your writing. eType prevents you from making spelling mistakes before they happen and helps you select the best word choice possible - even if you are not writing in your native language."

Here's the explanatory video

eType

Just came across this (via the Next Web) "eType is your online multi-language dictionary with translations and word substitutes to virtually any language in the world. eType is your writing guide that auto-completes your words as you type them, enabling you to type faster and boost your level of confidence in your writing. eType prevents you from making spelling mistakes before they happen and helps you select the best word choice possible - even if you are not writing in... Jane Hart

Now with over 200 contributions, the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list is beginning to take shape, although I hope many more people will want to contribute to help build it further.

One tool that has recently popped onto the list is ipadio.   Gordon Wells, a language teacher and developer,  who nominated it for the list, told me more about it. and how he uses it.  He wrote, it is  ..

"as an excellent user-friendly and free tool for genering audio material. I use it in conjunction with Wordpress  (which I would also nomiate) to create media-rich materials incorporating text, audio, and images - sometimes also incorporating YouTube (also nominated!) for video material as an alternative, or in addition to, the audio.

Ipadio is extremely flexible. You can phone in by landline or mobile (the latter meaning you can create materials "on the hoof"), and your basic webpage is created instantaneously.  If you're concerned about sound quality over a telephone line there is also an MP3 upload option.

There are numerous examples here, on my project blog, of Ipadio files embedded into Wordpress posts, using a mobile or landline: guthan.wordpress.com/

Here's an MP3 sample, used for uploading some music, onto my personal blog: gordonwellsuist.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/doubling-up-on-shak-and-sax-musical-bilingualism/

Thanks for the information, Gordon, hope others enjoying take a look.

ipadio

Now with over 200 contributions, the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list is beginning to take shape, although I hope many more people will want to contribute to help build it further. One tool that has recently popped onto the list is ipadio. Gordon Wells, a language teacher and developer, who nominated it for the list, told me more about it. and how he uses it. He wrote, it is .. "as an excellent user-friendly and free tool for... Jane Hart

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